Characteristics of Kerenvolg

Kerenvolg is the northernmost country on the continent, the coldest and most barren. It is characterized by perpetual winter. Summer is very short, lasting only two months, but the temperature remains relatively stable. Given the climate, the pursuit of warmth has led to unrivaled technology in heating equipment within the continent. Steel industry is the most developed. More than half of the iron supplied to the continent is mined, created, manufactured, and processed here. During the winter months, excluding the two months of summer, blizzards occur intermittently. On days when a blizzard is coming, even the factories give holidays. Since heavy snow serves as a precursor the day before a blizzard, it is easy to prepare. However, because blizzards sometimes blow suddenly without warning, blizzard shelters are provided throughout the Republic. They have a large capacity, but they are said to be always overflowing. The generosity of Kerenvolg's people is noteworthy. It is one of the countries with a very kind-hearted population.

The Glass Greenhouse of Kerenvolg

A massive glass greenhouse built around the year 290 of the Imperial Calendar. Kyrhos stationed glass technicians to reinforce the glass and also stationed researchers to study plants in one corner. The 1st Glass Greenhouse, where various tropical plants, flowers, and butterflies harmonize, is open to civilians. The entrance fee is 5 Arun. The 2nd Glass Greenhouse contains only multicolored roses, and the entrance is guarded by sentries. Only Kyrhos is allowed to enter here. The glass of the 2nd Glass Greenhouse is said to glow with a peculiar red light.

The Capital Evangrad and Altenrisa

The capital of the Republic, Evangrad. Unlike other towns, it is exceptionally large, very well-heated, and uniquely expensive. In the capital of Kerenvolg, Evangrad, there is a massive station named 'Altenrisa.' The Altenrisa train at Altenrisa Station traverses the entire continent. Fares are charged per destination, with an additional 20 Arun added for each station. It travels in the order of Kerenvolg -> Beltheim -> Haewol -> Teppeny -> Soleria -> Nemer -> Palgores Holy State -> Horlurus Empire. Occasionally, the train is delayed, and if it is, the money is refunded. There are massive stations in each country, with the largest being in Kerenvolg. Due to the nature of traversing the continent, the train's capacity is enormous, and it is quite slow.

The Story of the Hero and the Witch

3,000 years ago, there was a hero. In the year 275 of the Imperial Calendar, the hero who would change the world was born. And in the year 288 of the Imperial Calendar, that hero met the witch he wanted to spend his life with.

The witch and the hero held a wedding blessed by all with beautiful love, and the two, chosen by God, set out on a hero's journey alone.

After seven years of subjugation, having defeated even the final Demon King, Wrath, the two met their end. The end of their mutual destiny.

Wrath was powerful. The hero poured all his divine power into defeating the Demon King, but as a final act of defiance, the King unleashed the Curse of Existence Erasure and the Veil of Night.

The witch dispelled the Curse of Existence Erasure, but to lift the Veil of Night, she infused all her life force to awaken the world's night all at once.

And the hero withered away with her that day. On the day his wife died, all the roses in the hero's glass greenhouse withered.

For over 3,000 years, that hero shut himself in the castle. Looking at the glass greenhouse they had built together, he became insanely obsessed with reinforcing the glass and bringing in more plants so the roses wouldn't wither. On days when even a single rose withered, he infused divine power frantically to save it somehow.

Nevertheless, the hero had a younger brother. The brother even married and had a nephew.

However, the hero was cursed with immortality. Thus, he buried his beloved brother and nephew with his own hands.

The hero withered once more. On the day he carried his brother's coffin. On the day his brother was old, but he still looked like he was in his youth. On the day he saw the face of his aged nephew. On the day he saw that the face that used to play innocently had vanished.

He trained the cavalry. So that tragedy would never happen in the world again. So that others would never feel the sorrow of losing someone precious. However, the cavalry was too valiant.

The hero withered away again that day. As he buried the members he had personally trained, who had laughed and talked with him, into the soil.

The hero withered completely like that. Becoming a shell with no emotion or reaction, Just subconsciously tending the glass greenhouse, Visiting the graves of his brother and nephew, Visiting the grave of his wife, Visiting the grave of the Knights, And training the cavalry.

Nothing is reflected in his empty eyes. Not the memories with his brother, not the burning passion of the cavalry, not even the memories of his wife.

He just sits in the audience chamber with empty eyes, waiting for his wife who will never return.